Quoting Hans Pizka: > > But, how about the very loud low B-nat. (concert) before the last > fermata ???? > Sounds like the rear fanfare of an elephant ??? > And the rhythm is not perfect with the horns. But very interesting recording.
I'm not holding this up as a good example of how to play the horn parts or how to sing the voice part. There are many, many better recordings of this aria from both standpoints. Matzenauer is one of those contraltos who thought (mistakenly, IMHO) she should be a soprano. This recording gives you some idea of the result. The first recording of her I ever had was a coupling of O Rest in the Lord, from Elijah, and He Shall Feed His Flock, from the Messiah. The former is on my web site at: http://www.ampexguy.com/kiri/cve33957-3.19251201.6555-matzenauer.o.rest.in.the.lord.16-44.1.declicked.mp3 They are the best Matzenauer recordings I've ever heard. The others have been disappointing to some degree. However, if you want to hear here in an aria for mezzo, here's her doing the Seguidille from Carmen: http://www.ampexguy.com/kiri/b11688-1.19120308.87103-matzenauer.seguidille.mp3 Here's another performance of the Seguidille, this time by Evgenia Zbruyeva, and po-russki: http://www.ampexguy.com/kiri/7847i.gc-2-23367-zbruyeva.seguidille.mp3 Both of these links are totally NHR. **You may have to copy & paste the URLS into your browsers to get them to work.** Howard Sanner [email protected] "Pessimists are surprised as often as optimists, but always pleasantly"--The Giant Rat of Sumatra, by Richard L. Boyer, p. 61. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
